Idaho Bills

Amends existing law to establish provisions regarding bureau chiefs.

The Department of Health and Welfare is the state's largest agency, with a budget of nearly $6 billion dollars. With bureaus overseeing programs with hundreds of staff and millions of dollars, it is important to ensure there is accountability for decisions being made with scarce taxpayer dollars. This bill ensures all bureau chiefs must be appointed by director with concurrence of the Board of Health and Welfare

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2026.

This is a FY 2026 trailer appropriation bill for the Department of Health and Welfare. It addresses the fiscal impact of H245, which allows for extended care for youth aging out of the foster care system, not to exceed age 23, under limited circumstances.

Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2026.

Amends and repeals existing law to remove provisions that the Department of Health and Welfare has identified as obsolete or superfluous.

Thissummer, DHWundertookathoroughreviewofthehundredsofsectionsofIdahoCodethatmentionDHW or the Director of the Department, looking for outdated, obsolete, or unnecessary full code sections. This bill repeals nearly 150 sections of code that were deemed outdated, obsolete, or unnecessary as a result of that review, making this bill likely the largest repeal bill in Idaho history.

Relates to the appropriation to the Military Division and the Department of Health and Welfare for the Public Health Services Division for fiscal year 2026.

ThisisatrailerappropriationtotheMilitaryDivisionandthePublicHealthServicesDivisionintheDepartment of Health and Welfare for the impact of House Bill 206. House Bill 206 transferred the Emergency Medical Services program, less Preparedness and Response, from the Public Health Services Division to the Military Division and this bill provides adjustments to appropriations to complete that transfer. The appropriation for the Preparedness and Response program is transferred to the Physical Health budgeted program in the Public Health Services Division.